A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Yolet has 2.3%. The town is home to 596 residents in 260 households, by the 2023 Census. In Yolet, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Cantal median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Slower growth than 51% of compared French towns: Yolet changed by +5% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%.
Yolet is older than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Yolet 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Yolet has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than just over two thirds of compared French towns, at 9.8%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Yolet sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.8%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 4.2%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. At 7.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Yolet has 9.5%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,330 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,330 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 85% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.5% of the total. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals make up 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
With married residents at 48%, Yolet is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 72% of compared French towns: 15%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Yolet, 28%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 596 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Yolet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolet | 45.8 | 20% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 4.1 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 4.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 7.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Yolet
What is the population of Yolet?
596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (570).
How old are Yolet’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Yolet?
24, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Yolet?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Yolet?
€26,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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